Fifa president Gianni Infantino has been asked to enactment distant from a younker shot tourney successful the Dominican Republic this play by Concacaf president Victor Montagliani.
In a missive seen by the BBC, Montagliani referred to the "governance situation surrounding Fifa", earlier asking Infantino to reconsider attending the the CFU Under-14 Series event.
The Canadian, who is besides a Fifa vice-president, added his beingness would "unfortunately undermine the method nature" of the competition.
Infantino was invited arsenic a impermanent of the Dominican Republic, though the invitation is believed to person been issued anterior to his controversial Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) proposal, which has near his presumption nether threat.
"The media volition absorption connected this situation, which volition unluckily importantly instrumentality distant from the method quality of the CFU younker competition," wrote Montagliani.
"As such, I respectfully inquire you successful the sanction of shot to reconsider your attendance arsenic it volition unluckily undermine the method quality of this important younker improvement activity."
Infantino was good received connected his accomplishment to the Caribbean country, portion a fig of Concacaf nations person backed him to proceed for a 4th word arsenic Fifa president.
"We profoundly admit your sojourn to the Dominican Republic, without uncertainty that your beingness successful our state puts america connected the planetary shot radar and opens america large prospects for maturation and improvement of Dominican football," said Dominican Republic's curate of sports and recreation Kelvin Cruz successful a statement.
The tourney is 1 of a fig of improvement projects funded by satellite football's governing assemblage done their Fifa Forward programme.
Infantino has faced heavy criticism implicit his effort to merchantability disconnected stakes successful the World Cup and different competitions to backstage investors done his now-scrapped FFE proposal.
A fig of shot associations person withdrawn their enactment for the Swiss-Italian administrator, who was accused of breaking spot "through deception" successful an unfastened missive issued by Uefa, Concacaf and the Asian Football Confederation.
Fifa's determination to disregard elder enforcement Kevin Lamour pursuing his disapproval of Infantino has besides been criticised.
However, Infantino retains the enactment of South American governing assemblage Conmebol and Caf, the African governing body.
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